Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-01

"For tho last sixteen years "saidMr.w G. Hen.
shaw,who was city lampiightcr for number OF
years and is now employed by the Barber As
phalt Paving company. to the reporter, 81 have
While boy and living at my fathers country
residence on Long Island Sound, New York, I
made practice OF going in swimming from ton
to twenty times day whom the weather was
suitable. by this mo ms developed catarrh in
its worst form. My throat ana head was stop
ped up AT. times. l Coughcd and hawkcd zip
phlcgm, had to blow my nose constantly, had
constant uul ieeing III my neau, roaring In
the ears. then got deaf gradually but 50 sure
ly that
IBECAME MUCH ALARMED.
=, This was not all ! found that l talked
breathe through my nostriIs ut all. sawa
doctor and he told mo had tumor growing
in my nose caused by the catarrh, which he
called u polypus i tired all manner of rene.
dies to no avail and when six weeks ago
caught fresh cold, which caused the cstarrh
to go down ON my lungs, my condition was not
only annoying, but greatly alarmed my wife.
Why, sir, l felt at times like choking. then
would have violent spells OF coughing which
would cause me to vomit.
As sid 6ef9e ore GTnatiom ,, SO alarmed arr %
sisted that go and consult doctor next day. !
was 10th to stop work, but ut last consented, and
Range Block this city. who snid he could euro
me. This was willing to believe, but did not
relieved. Why, sir. he removed this entire poly.
pus In Two or three minutes; here, you see II in
tne DOttlc 1 nave, ana tnen maze IN hppllCAtlOn
to my diseased throat breathed through my
nose at once. something have not done In
years. have been on constant treatment since,
and now have in Il largo measure regNined my
sense of smell ] have not been able to smell
anything before for eight years. My oatarrh
is greatly, benefited, my hearing Is coming
around all right, and am certain the doctor
will soon have me as well as ever was. went
all night a quiet sleep. something have NOT
done for so long timo can't remember. MY
4 ya m IN 10 ne tTs,l
like a restored man"
the truth OF his story can easily be verified by
calling upon addressing him ut his address
above givcn
When catarrh has existed in tho head and the
upper part OF the throat for any length OF time
tire patient living in a district whore people
are subject to catarrhal anecton-and the dis
ease has been left uncured, the catarrh invari-
and o Hs
tubes convey the air to the different parts OF
the lungs. The tubes become affected from
the swelling and the mucous arising from
catarrh, and, in some instances, become plugged
up. SO that the air cannot get in rs freely AS It
patient breathes with labor and difficulty.
In oil her case there is a sound of cracking
the disease tho breathing is usually more rapid
than when In health The patient has also hot
The pain which accompanies this condition 10
of dun character felt In the chest. beh md the
breast bone, or under the shoulder blade. The
pain may come and go-last few days aud then
be absent for several others The cough that
occurs in the first stages OF bronchial oatarrh 10
dry, comes on ut intervals, hacking in oharao.
ter. and is usually most troublesome in tho
morning on rising, or going to bod at night and
it may be in the first evidence ofthe disease OK.
Sometimes there arc fits of coughing induced
by the tough mucus so violent as to cause vo,n.
found to contain small particles of yellow mat
ter, which indicates that the emall tubes in tho
F1tyan a nNpn th AhA~<,
often streaks of blood mixed with the mucus.
In some cases the patient becomes very pale,
has fever. and expectorates before any cough
In some cases small masses Of cheesy sub
tWoen % tue naers @ p emit bad odor other
cases, particles of a hard, chalky nature are
spit up The raising OF cheesy or chalky Jumps
indicate serious mishief at work in the lungs
When person with IA delicate constitution
has Il tendency to catarrh or consumption
from taking cold easily, it is noticeable that
tnat person invariably loses flesh and loses
strength. showing that tho nutrition is inter-
In such case the sufferer should at once bo
placed under influences that will restore the
defective nutrition aud tend to inNigorate the
II is to be remembered that in every case the
presence of catarrh Is an evidence of predis.
position to consumption, and no matter how
slight the attack may be 1t should be treated
with the greatest care and . tho treatment
should be continued until all traces OF tho
catarrh have disappeared.
If the oatarrh is allowed to reach the smaller
tubes in the lungs-which condition is indi-
Gated by the splitting up of yellow mat eriai--
then immediate attention to the malady Is do
mandcd or serious lung trouble will result
Catarrh. 1t is said, is nine times out of ten the
cause that produces consumption, and henc0
no one can afford to neglect a case OF catarrh,
however slight. 1t is easily cured il taken in
time and treated regularly and correctly by u
specialist. IL left to itself il is rarely cured
without change of climate, but with each new
| cold it gets more and moro troublesome, ex-
tending always little deeper into tho lungs.
until a euro becomes difficult and sometimes
impossible.
In such a climate as this, the throat should be
ms carefully and frequently looked after as the
teeth. Yes, much more carefully looked to, as
| troIbles of the throat are more numerous than
dental troubles; and while the latter cause only
| annoyance and pain, lung disease, usually tho
result of catarrh, Kill one out OF every seven
| human beings born on the entire globe.